ENCH 434 Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design (3)
Required course
for majors in the chemical engineering specialty.
Catalog Description
Concepts
of chemical kinetics applied to reactor design. Effects of
temperature, pressure, concentration, and catalysis on rates of chemical
reactions. Design of batch, backmix, and tubular
reactors. Computational and design projects. Spring
semester. Lecture 3 hours.
Prerequisites:
ENGR
222, 307, 308, ENCH 332, with grades of C or better, Chemistry 371.
Text book/References:
Levenspiel, O., "Chemical Reaction
Engineering", Wiley, 3rd Ed., 1999.
Perry, R. H., C. H. Chilton, “Chemical Engineers’
Handbook, McGraw-Hill.
Course Objectives: (numbers in brackets indicate the relationship to engineering and
chemical program outcomes)
Familiarize
students with the theory and practice of analyzing laboratory and production
reactor data, including batch and continuous reactor data (2). Familiarize students with the theory and
practice of chemical reactor design, including batch, mixed flow and plug flow
reactor design (2,4).
Promote lifelong learning skills through independent study projects in
analyzing reactor data to determine stoichiometry, reaction order, rate
constant and activation energy (6).
Promote effective communication through group design projects requiring
written and oral reports (5).
Class/Laboratory Schedule:
Lecture
either three times per week at 50 minutes per class, or two times per week at
75 minutes per class.
Topics Covered:
Week Topic
1 Linear
regression.
2 Homogeneous
reactions.
3 Continued.
4 Analyzing
reaction data.
5 Continued.
6 Continued.
7 Single
reactor design.
8 Continued.
9 Continued.
10 Multiple
reactor design.
11 Continued.
12 Continued.
13 Design
for multiple reactions.
14 Continued.
15 Design
project presentations.
Contribution to Professional Component:
Contributes toward the 1.5 years of engineering topics
as a 3 credit hour course in engineering sciences and engineering design.
Relationship of course to program outcomes
This
course supports engineering outcome 2, 4, 5 and 6.
Prepared by: Dr. Jim Cunningham,